Rail-joint.



N0. 687,082. Patentad Nov. I9, I90I.v J. A. THOMPSUN.

BAIL Jonn.

(Applicatun led Hay 10, 190;.) (No Model.)

NITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JACOB A. THOMPSON, OF MCDONALD, PENNSYLVANIA.

RAIL-JOINT.

SPIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent NO. 687,082, dated November19, 1901.

Application filed May 10, 1901. Serial No. 59,641. (No model.)

To all wil/0711, it may concern:

Be it known that I, JACOB A. THOMPSON, a citizen of the United StatesofAmerica, residing at McDonald, in the county of Washington and State ofPennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inRail-Joints, of which the following is a specification, reference beinghad therein to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements inrail-joints, and more particularly to that class wherein lthe use ofnuts and bolts is entirely dispensed with.

The invention has for its object to construct a rail-joint of theabove-described class in a single piece of metal, wherein the ends ofthe two sections of rail will be Securely retained y and firmly held inposition.

The present invention consists in the novel combination and arrangementof parts, to be hereinafter more fully described, and specificallypointed out in the claims.

In describing the invention in detail reference is had to theaccompanying drawings, forming a part of this specication, and whereinlike numerals of reference indicate corre- Asponding parts throughoutthe several views, in which-- l Figure 1 is a side elevation of twosections of rails joined together with my improved rail-joint. Fig. 2 isan end view thereof. Fig. 3 is a vertical sectional view taken on theline 3 3 of Fig. 1. Fig. 4f is an enlarged perspective view of therail-joint.

In the drawings the reference-numeral 1 indicates the rails, and 2represents the baseplate, having secured on the upper face thereofcentrally a rail-section 3, formed integral with said base-plate. Theweb of said railsection 3 is enlarged to a thickness equal to the treadof the rail, (indicated by the reference-numeral 4,) said enlarged web 4carrying extending fish-plates 5, formed integral therewith, the ends ofsaid fish-plates carrying beveled ends 6. An opening 7 is formed between45 y the inner walls of the fish-plates that will engage the ends of thewebs of the rail-sections. An opening 8 is also formed below thefishplate, between it and the base-plate 2. The lower faces of theintegral fish-plates are bev- 5o eled, as indicated by thereference-numeral 9,

to receive the upper f ace of the base of the rail. The upper faces ofthe fish-plates are also beveled, as indicated by numeral 10, tocorrespond with the lower face of the tread, form- 55 ing a perfectjointtherebetween.

The many advantages obtained by the use of myimproved device will bereadily apparent from the foregoing description, taken in connectionwith the accompanying drawings. 6o

It will be noted that various changes may be made in the details ofconstruction without departing from the general spirit of my invention.

Having fully described my invention, what 65 I claim as new, and desireto secure by Letters Patent, is=

1. In a rail-joint, a base-plate, a rail-section secured thereto,sh-plates made integral with said base-plate, beveled upper and lower 7oengaging faces on said fish-plates, the said fish-plates and base,having a space therebetween for the reception of the base of the rail,substantially as described.

2. A rail-joint which comprises a substan- 7 5 tially Hat base-platecarrying a rail-section on the upper face thereof, fish-plates formedintegral with said rail-section and having a space between their lowerends and the baseplate, and upper beveled engaging faces on 8o saidfish-plates, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I afx my signature in the presence of twowitnesses.

JACOB- A. THOMPSON.

Witnesses:

` J oEN NoLAND,

E. E. POTTER.

